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Tidus wakes up once again, but this time floating in the water near the 
beaches of what appears to be an island paradise.  It's long long before he's 
knocked to his senses by a Blitzball.  Showing off his superior kicking 
ability he is able to impress everyone nearby, who turn out to be a practicing 
Blitzball team called the Besaid Aurochs.  Tidus meets a man named Wakka who 
introduces himself as the captain of the team, and is extremely impressed by 
Tidus' manoeuvre.  As they decide to return to the nearby village Tidus asks 
for confirmation that Zanarkand really was destroyed 1000 years ago and Wakka 
gives it to him.  He says that Sin appeared as punishment for letting things 
get out of hand, that people 1000 years ago lived their lives while the 
machines called "Machina" did all the work.  Sin put an end to that, but Wakka 
feels angry that they must suffer because of the mistakes of the past.  He 
accepts however that Sin is their punishment.  Tidus realizes that he and 
Rikku couldn't both know the same thing... unless it was true.

As Tidus and Wakka approach the village, Wakka explains about his past.  How 
he became a Blitzball player at age thirteen and retured ten years later, 
never winning a single game.  There's a special tournament coming up and he's 
come out of returement to train for it.  Wakka convinces Tidus to play for 
him, reasoning that someone might recognize him at the tournament.  Wakka 
alludes to losing the last tournament because something was on his mind, but 
Tidus brushes this off as a joke.  He'll learn later what the true reason was.

Arriving at the village the extent of Tidus' "memory loss" becomes apparent to 
Wakka when he realizes Tidus can't even remember the sacred prayer.  He 
teaches it to Tidus who learns fast, because unknown to Wakka the prayer was 
actually the Blitzball sign for victory back where Tidus came from.  With this 
prayer in mind Tidus ventures alone to the village temple where he learns 
about the high summoners.  Tidus makes the mistake of asking what a high 
summoner is, but blames his mistake on Sin's toxin quickly before he causes 
any suspicion.  The temple head explains that high summoners are practitioners 
of the sacred art, and sworn to protect the people of Yevon.  They call forth 
the great power of beings known as Aeons.  Tidus decides to return to Wakka's 
place and get some well needed rest.

During the night he has a dream, or a flashback.  He is standing in a city 
with what appears to be his mother.  They have just been informed that someone 
is missing, this is Tidus' father Jecht.  This is where we first become aware 
that despite following in his footsteps Tidus harbored a deep hatred for his 
father.  The reasons for this are still unknown as Tidus awakens.  Making his 
way to the temple he learns that the apprentice summoner is taking quite a 
long time to complete the trials of the temple.  Without any respect for the 
rules of the temple, he proclaims that he doesn't care about their practices 
and is going to find out if the summoner's party is alright and with that he 
enters the Cloister of Trials.

Before he enters he learns that Wakka too is a guardian.  Beyond there is the 
Chamber of the Fayth where the guardians of the summoner are waiting.  The 
summoner finally emerges to his surprise, back in the main part of the temple 
he mentions that he thought all summoners were old fogies, and this summoner 
is just a young woman.  Outside Tidus finds himself witness to the summoner's 
demonstration where she shows the power that she has acquired by calling a 
large being from the sky called Valefor.  Tidus is amazed when he sees this.